Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her hair is long and chestnut with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small white clips. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She bought a morningstar and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Lazy. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 11000 gp. Gold music box (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (120 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (120 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (60 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a black tunic with blue highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around her shoes. She has done her best to style her chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. Her gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. In her journeys she found a malevolent artifact. She wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1000 gp. Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Black star sapphire (500 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). White opal (500 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Citrine (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she wears a black cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. Her red hair is singed and shortened. Her blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing singing.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered west to less war torn lands. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1300 pp. Violet garnet (1500 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Fire opal (1400 gp). Black opal (1400 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Pink pearl (70 gp). Black star sapphire (1400 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Jade (70 gp). Rich purple corundum (1400 gp). Zircon (60 gp). White pearl (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (70 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Black star sapphire (1400 gp). Coral (70 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She usually wears her tan robe and has her hand crossbow always slung over her shoulder. She wears her black hair down. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. During her travels, Birel and her party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Birel discovered the rest of her party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Birel fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing her own horrible transformation.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 1800 pp. Zircon (20 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Hematite (14 gp). White opal (1400 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Blue-white diamond (3000 gp). White pearl (110 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her blue eyes.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Stylist arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Birel has worked very hard to control her curse. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1100 pp. Emerald (400 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). White pearl (40 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Coral (40 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Jet (40 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Coral (40 gp). Blue star sapphire (400 gp). Peridot (30 gp). White opal (400 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp).

Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He is physically well-built. His golden hair is knotted and matted. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her red hair is matted, messy, and big. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and she desires to right it; and many drow want her driven away

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 8000 gp. Alexandrite (1200 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp).